Advertising device.



PATEN'IED AUG. 4, Io.A I E. STEEIGH. ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 190?.

Qvwfar ROBERT' surance, of CHICAGO, 'misera' 'a invamzsme navires.l

To all w71 om it may concern.:

vertising Devices, of which the following is a.

specification. v v

My invention relates to improvements in advert-Ising devices, and has for its object the production of a device by the use of which glasses filled with a champaUne-colored liquid may be made to simulate tV e appearance of fresh champagne.

A further object is the production of a device by means of which a series of small globules-may be caused to rise through the liquid.

A further object is the production of a device by means of which a series of air or gas lobiles may be caused to rise through the 1 u1 qA further object is the production of a device that will be constant 1n its operation and can be chea ly constructed and operated.

These an such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are attained b v my device, an embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of my device, set up and read for o eration. Fie. 2 is an -enlarged detai showing the tube lietween the tank and display stand.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring by vnumeral to the accompanying drawings, 3 represents atank of compressed air or gas; 4 a pum by means of which the pressure in the tan may be regulated; 5, a gage; 6, a valve adjacent to said tank; 7, a connection; 8, a second valve interposed between the connection and the di:- play stand; 9, a tube or connection extendmg from said valve. This tube extends underneath a display table or shelf 10 provided with one or more openings 11. T e upper end of the tube, 12, provided with an enlarged ortion or bulb 13, extends upwardly through) the opening 11, and connects at its lower end with the tube or connection 9. This tube 12 preferably terminates at its lower end in a restricted opening 14. A base or shelf 15 serves to preventr the end of the tube 9 from becoming easily disengaged from the endV of the tube 12. Seated on the display table or stand above the opening 11 is a glass receptacle, referably a champagne Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application led. July 17, 1907. Serial No. 384,168.

glass, 16, provide with an air opening 1 7 Patented Aug-f4', 19cs.

extending from the bottom of the stem 18 through the base 19, and registering with the opening 11 of the table. This opening 17 is preferably enlarcfed at the bottom, and a rubber or cork collar or washer 20 is inserted. The upper portion of the tube 12 extends upwardly into said collar. v In order to revent the fluid inthe glass from leaking (ownwardly into the tu e 9 when the pressure is shut off, I insert cellulose or some like fibrous material in the lower end of the tube 12, as shown at 21'in Fig. 2.- lt is understood that I may have as many glasses on the table 1() as desired, each one being connected independently with the tank y 3. The receptacles or glasses 16 being filled with old champagne, wine, or clear or colored liquid, and the gage 5 indicating the re usite pressure, the valves 6 and S are opener and 'the com ressed air, carbonic acid gas or other gas use forced through the tubes, the pressure is turned on before the fluid is allowed to reach the bottom of the tube 12, and the gas forces itself through the restricted opening 14, which is so regulated in size that as through the opening the the gas presses weight of the surrounding liquid 1n the tube disintegrates it, as it were, into minute globules or bubbles which rise into the bulb 13, through theu per end ofthe tube 12 into t-he stem of the g ass, and thence upwardly into the body thereof. The cellulose in addition to preventing the leakage of the fluid, serves to further break up the upward current of air or gas, with the result that a large number of small globules are thrown into the interior of the chamber 22. T he u )ward pressure being greatest directly over t ie o ening,

the globules tend to take a diagona direction toward the side of the bulb, thence upwardly, following the line of the side. l find that when the pressure is regulated so as to give the best results, that the line of direction of most of the globules is past the upper opening into the tube, and in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, thence upuardly through the tube into the stem or fr ass.

o In the event that the tank is located close ,105 to the table, one of the valves 6 or 8 may be dispensed with, as erfect control may be obtained with a sing e valve. But when, as

is frequently the case, it is necessary to have the su ply tank at a considerable distance A from t ie table, the two valves are necessary,

the first adjustment being made at the tank i i l by means of the valve generally consisting y in opening the valve to its fullest extent, so that the air or gas may pass upwardly as far as the valve 8, which is preferably located Aclose to the display table. Then, with the entire display portion of portion of the apparatus in full view of the operator, the valve 8 is regulated so as to attain the most sat-is-Y factory results withoutthe necessity of fur- 10 ther disturbing the valve 6. Where the display is made in a show Window on top vof a shelf or sta-nd or step, no particular arrangement of parts is needed; but where the display is made on a table in a window, or in any 15 isolated lposition, greater care is necessary,

the tube or tubes being brought up preferably inside of a center leg, the table being covered with cloth, preferably black velvet, Y in which small openings havev been made to 20 permit the insertion of the tubes. Titti a number of glasses in position arranged about the table, and the pressure properly adjusted, the effect is strikingly realistic, and the simulation of fresh champagne is so perfect 25 that if an empty glass is placed among the display glasses and then filled with fresh champagne, it is impossible to detect any dilierence between the effervescence in the glasses. This experiment has been tried many times, and it is only possible to know .the dierence after the champagne in the disconnected glass has become stale.

Colored iuids and colored glasses may be display stand, a receptacle containing liquid,

a compressed air or gas supply in communication therewith, and means located between said receptacle and supply for producing an etfervescent elect in said liquid, said means comprising a tube paitially filled with fibrous l material, said tube being provided with an enlargement in communication with said. liquid.

2. In an advertising device. consisting in a.

dis laystand, a long stemmed glass recep-y tac e seated therein and provided withan opening through its base and stein, a tube having a bulb in its upper portion connecting with said receptacle, cellulose compressed in the lower portion of said tube, a compressed air or gas tank in communication with said tube, and valves for regulating the flow of the contents of said tank, whereby an elfervescent effect may be produced in said glass receptacle.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 29th day of April, 1,907.

` ROBERT STREICH. Witnesses:

i SARAH lnswis, ALBERT JOHN Saus'nn. 

